• Wednesday News Roundup: iROKOtv’s Deal with Netflix, New Co-working Space In Cape Town, ITU Young Innovator Competition Opens

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    Wednesday News Roundup:  iROKOtv’s Deal with Netflix, New Co-working Space In Cape Town, ITU Young Innovator Competition Opens

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    Check out the stories across the African tech space today:

    iROKOtv Will Now Curate Nollywood Content For Netflix

    iROKOtv’s CEO, Jason Njoku, announced today that  the deal with Netflix will let iROKOtv curate African content on Netflix’s streaming service. The deal had been concluded since last year December.

    V&A Waterfront/OPEN want Startups to Apply for space in Workshop17

    V&A Waterfront and OPEN have partnered to launch a coworking space for startups in a converted warehouse at Marina watershed building in Cape Town.

    Applications has Opened for the Young Innovators Competition

    ITU has opened applications for young, gifted entrepreneurs with ideas for innovative social enterprise –apply now.

    21 Tech Entrepreneurs in Nigeria at the Top of their Game

    Check out the techpreneurs redefining the tech ecosystem in Nigeria.

    Medenhanz is creating an online resource center for Nigerian doctors

    The startup is building an online medicine information center for Nigeria and the Sub-Saharan Africa.

    South Africa Slips on the Network Readiness Index

    The World Economic Forum Global Information Technology report 2015 places SA in the 75th position.

    Jovago Officially Launches in Dar es Salaam

    The online portal for hotel booking has plans to move to Dar es Salaam, come May, 2015.

    Elsewhere on the Web:

    The Crawler to roam Cape Town sewers

    Cape Town will soon have a tiny robot equipped to spot signs of troubles in its sewer system.

    Kenya: Safaricom set to upgrade M-Pesa platform

    Kenyan operator Safaricom has revealed that it has started final preparations for the launch of the second generation of its M-PESA platform as it prepares to perform a full scale system upgrade aimed at improving efficiencies and speed over the next week.

    Liquid Telecom has unveiled the leatest expansion of its fibre to home (FTH)

    Homes and businesses in Victoria falls Zimbabwe will soon benefit from a 100 mbps broadband connection after Liquid Telecom launched the latest expansion of its Fibre To The Home (FTTH) network that also includes data packages.